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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in blended learning technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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